War on climate change

It seems to me that if you want to spend a whole generation's money chasing after a goal with no end in sight, and no exit strategy, that the thing you are supposed to do is declare war on an abstraction. "War on drugs" and "war on terrorism" are my examples.

Why not declare war on climate change?
Why not declare war on poverty?
Why not declare war on diseases?

I want to use our resources to solve the kind of problems we can't otherwise chase.

So much of our political news is about fear mongering and the other side of the world. I just spent my winter break with my family travelling to Southern Europe and Northern Africa. Beautiful cities and hard-working people can be found in these places. The world is a vast and amazing place, and humans have conquered it.

Rather than fighting amongst ourselves, we need to organize and mobilize all of humanity to ensure our future prosperity. That means locking down best practices for stewardship over our shared home and our species long term survival across the universe.